There are certain principles
of home organization that should be codified into law immediately.

It's time to get your house
in order:

1. Keep an extra roll of
toilet paper on top of the toilet. If you think that's ugly lookin', then at
least keep an extra roll in the bathroom somewhere (under the sink or in the
closet). How rude to make someone hunt around the house for it after they've
already sat down to use the bathroom.

2. Keep a garbage can in the
bathroom. Not everything can be flushed down the toilet, so why encourage it by
leaving nowhere else to put that stuff? (I'm speaking on behalf of women,
here.)

3. There should be soap and
shampoo (and possibly conditioner - again, for women) in the shower. People are
going to use that shower, right? Why wouldn't there be soap there?! Oh, you're
not going to bathe? Okay then.

4. You can be forgiven for
not doing this one previously, but it's such a good idea that after reading
this you will no longer have plausible deniability. Keep floss somewhere in your
kitchen. After having guests over for dinner, they might ask you for it. In
fact, you'll also end up finding it extremely handy.

5. You've set up a wireless
internet connection in your house. Now just remember the password so you can
type it in to your friend's computer when he comes over! This is not that
difficult. Doesn't everyone have to remember 20 passwords nowadays anyway?

...So far the above list has basically
been for not annoying guests who come and visit, but there is something to be
said for some practical home organization, too.

6. Keep that old
corded-phone around just in case the power goes out. The fancy-pants cordless
phones require batteries and often an outlet. The older phones (rotary or plain
touch-tone) just need to be plugged into the phone jack. Of course, you may
have a charged cell phone to use, but maybe the battery is on the cusp of
death? If and when the time comes, you'll be glad you had that old-school phone
laying around.

7. Keep a flash light
around, too, but not one that requires batteries. Get one of those that you can
shake to charge. In fact, check out all this
stuff from an emergency prep website.

I know lists are supposed to
end with 5 or 10 things, so try to consider that this was going to be a 5-point
list and that you got two bonus points for free. That might help you feel
better. Now go and call your local representative today to get these ideas
pushed into law!